This book is devoted to the complex relationship between Russian art and the East--be it the Russian East or the Far East--with special focus on the radical artists who shaped the development of modern art a century ago. The rituals of Siberian shamans, the ancient funerary sculptures from the stepp[...]
The two decades between 1913 and 1933 saw an unprecedented boom in Russian theatre culture, ignited by the avant-garde movement sweeping through the art world. As artistic, literary and musical traditions underwent a shattering transformation against the backdrop of the First World War and the Russ[...]